Editing Asiatic linsang (section)

==Characteristics==
The coat pattern of the Asiatic linsang is distinct, consisting of large spots that sometimes coalesce into broad bands on the sides of the body; the tail is banded transversely. It is small in size with a head and body length ranging from {{cvt|14.4|to|16.75|in|cm|order=flip}} and a {{cvt|12|to|16|in|cm|order=flip}} long tail. The tail is nearly as long as the head and body, and about five or six times as long as the hind foot. The head is elongated with a narrow muzzle, [[rhinarium]] evenly convex above, with wide internarial [[septum]], shallow infranarial portion, and [[philtrum]] narrow and grooved, the groove extending only about to the level of the lower edge of the nostrils. The delicate skull is long, low, and narrow with a well defined [[Occiput|occipital]] and a strong crest, but there is no complete [[sagittal crest]]. The teeth also are more highly specialized, and show an approach to those of Felidae, although more primitive. The dental formula is {{DentalFormula|upper=3.1.4.1|lower=3.1.4.2}}. The [[incisor]]s form a transverse, not a curved, line; the first three upper and the four lower pre-[[Molar (tooth)|molar]]s are compressed and trenchant with a high, sharp, median [[Cusp (dentistry)|cusp]] and small subsidiary cusps in front and behind it. The upper [[carnassial]] has a small inner lobe set far forwards, a small cusp in front of the main compressed, high, pointed cusp, and a compressed, blade-like posterior cusp; the upper molar is triangular, transversely set, much smaller than the upper carnassial, and much wider than it is long, so that the upper carnassial is nearly at the posterior end of the upper cheek-teeth as in Felidae.<ref name=Pocock1939/>